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Date:      Sun, 11 Feb 1996 22:48:54 +0100 (MET)
From:      Christoph Kukulies <kuku@gilberto.physik.rwth-aachen.de>
To:        binhdo@binhdo.home.cs.ubc.ca (Binh Do)
Cc:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Netscape...tar.gz and .Z
Message-ID:  <199602112148.WAA07629@gilberto.physik.rwth-aachen.de>
In-Reply-To: <199602111939.LAA00670@binhdo.home.cs.ubc.ca> from "Binh Do" at Feb 11, 96 11:39:57 am

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> Hello. i notice that there are 2 files for each Unix-vesrion Netscape, tar.gz
> and .Z. I understand that they are the same, just because of the different
> sizes of compress and gzip. Am I correct? Thanks,

Correct. .Z is for those who don't have gnu gzip installed. Nearly
every commercial unix comes with compress/uncompress. It's just for
convenience.


> 
> Binh.
> 

--Chris Christoph P. U. Kukulies kuku@gil.physik.rwth-aachen.de



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